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27 December, 2025

A Rainy Night in Chandni Chowk — My Photo of the Year 2025

By Danai

I found myself in New Delhi, India, for a conference and took the opportunity to explore the local markets for some street photography. This image was taken on my first day in I...

27 December, 2025

Black Rock Diving Tower – Best Photo of 2025

By Sasha Tsyrlin

Black Rock Diving Tower is an iconic landmark in Galway, Ireland. It is situated along the picturesque Salthill promenade overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. This location has been ...

Picture of a heifer wearing a bell and Swiss flags walking down a street as part of a parade.

27 December, 2025

Alpabfahrt – My 2025 Photo of the Year

By Theodore Crispino

In September, my family hopped the ferry from Ireland to France and then drove from Brittany to Switzerland. This was all done to visit friends of ours who live in a small villa...

26 December, 2025

Westminster Bridge Matam – My Most Divisive Photograph of 2025

By Simon King

There’s starting the year strong, and there’s whatever I managed to do this year, in making a photograph I was incredibly pleased with, while also incurring a conseq...

26 December, 2025

Abstract Graffiti – My Photograph of the Year 2025

By Ed

This photo was taken as part of a Sunday afternoon walk to town. I was testing a newly acquired Pentax Auto 110 and the image was taken with the tiny 18mm wide angle lens. This ...

24 December, 2025

Oh, hey – My Favorite(d) Photo of 2025

By John Bennett

I don’t know if this is my favorite photo of 2025, but it certainly received the most “likes” on Flickr, which — for me, at least — are harder to come by than those on Instagram...

23 December, 2025

High Surf, Thick Fog — My favorite photography of the year 2025

By John Eaton

Like others on 35mmc, I was immediately attracted by Hamish’s invitation to submit one’s favorite photo of the year – in my case because I believed that I had just shot it in ea...

23 December, 2025

The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone – My 2025 picture of the year

By Jonathan Murray

Photography has been part of my life for half a century. At thirteen, living on Royal Air Force Base Akrotiri in Cyprus, I joined the base photography club and found myself unde...

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Jeffery Luhn on Benson Dry Plate Co. Street Camera – Adventures with Instant Street Photography
Great article, Chad! I've made simple cameras using regular cardboard boxes and a single large magnifying glass lens. I exposed…
Simon King on Westminster Bridge Matam – My Most Divisive Photograph of 2025
Thanks. I err towards sharing, although I do appreciate the capacity for loss of context once something escapes me. Bigger…
Simon King on Westminster Bridge Matam – My Most Divisive Photograph of 2025
Thank you very much! I think it's that balance of the final outcome vs my memory/potential in the moment that…

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